The Canadian Forces officially announced Thursday that it has developed a doctrine instructing its members on what to do if they’re confronted by a child soldier while on deployment — three months after iPolitics first reported on the first-of-its-kind decision.

On December 1, iPolitics reported the Canadian military had worked with former senator Romeo Dallaire to create a new set of instructions clearly laying out for soldiers what their responsibilities are under international and military law if they are forced to engage with a child soldier, or come into some other form of contact with them. The doctrine was drafted